June 28, 2017

Allan H. Treman State Marine Park“When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.” —Paulo CoelhoWe had some special visitors on The Pearl this past week. Kyle came up from Pennsylvania on Friday with Graham and Cora. It was fun having them onboard. We spent Friday afternoon at the Ithaca Sciencenter since the weather was a little threatening. It was a fun place that Graham truly enjoyed. Saturday we visited the Ithaca Farmers Market and did a short (3/4 of a mile) hike up to Taughannock Falls. It was a very easy trail but a little more of a workout with two kids in tow. It's fun to watch, and listen, to Graham...he really takes in everything around him. Seeing things through the eyes of a child is amazing. After lunch Kyle and Cora went home and we got to have Graham for a few more days. Graham loves the boat...he's very inquisitive and wanted to know how everything worked. We truly enjoyed every minute of his visit and look forward to having him onboard again.Fun at the Sciencenter

Fun on The Pearl

Dinner at Northstar House

A beautiful rainbow over the marina

Fun with Mimi on the boat

Ithaca Farmers Market

On our way to see the waterfall

Taughannocks Falls has a drop of 215' and is one of the tallest waterfalls east of the Rockies. It is taller than Niagara Falls.

Playing in the water after a hike to the falls

Fishing with Paw Paw

Having fun playing on the flybridge

Playing with the dogs at the dog park next to the marina was a lot of fun

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Stan and I have always loved the water. Stan grew up living on the water and has spent most of his life sailing and fishing around Port Lavaca, Texas and the surrounding Gulf Coast area. We met while sailing at our local beach. Through the years we have owned lots of boats...big and small.

Stan always dreamed of cruising to far off destinations, but in his mind we would be doing it on a sailboat, that didn’t appeal to me. Not enough space and too much time spent heeled over…not my dream. Then we started reading about the Great Loop and researching trawlers. Now this looks like the way to travel, all the comforts of home and a wonderful view from the windows. Waterfront property where ever we go!

We cruise aboard our Monk 36 (The Pearl) on the east coast and live on our 48' Hatteras (Texas Pearl) when we are home in Texas. We started out
doing the Great Loop...exploring every wonderful little port along the way has
slowed us down. We have fallen in love with the east coast, the Bahamas, Maine and New England. We’ve explored amazing ports from Texas to Canada and up to Maine and we have a lot
more to find. Maybe one day we'll actually finish the loop, but for now we’re enjoying life one port at a time.